2020 Democrats discuss race in often stark terms during night one of the primary debate in Detroit

July 31, 2019

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The 2020 Democratic candidates discussed race in strong and often stark terms at Tuesday's debate, reflecting the central role its taking in the primary ahead of next year's presidential race.
Author Marianne Williamson said that the water crisis in Flint was the "tip of the iceberg" and said that the city where she lives would never have experienced a public health emergency of that scale.
Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke brought up the legacy of slavery, saying that the US only reached this point of relative prosperity on the labor of black Americans.
Other candidates like Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she would try to Trump appeal voters who may have been motivated by economic anxieties rather than racism.
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The 2020 Democratic candidates discussed race in strong and often stark terms at Tuesday's debate, reflecting the central role its taking in the primary ahead of next year's presidential race.

Author Marianne Williamson had perhaps her most memorable answer of the night when discussing racial inequality in America focused on the water crisis in Flint. She said that the situation there represented the "tip of the iceberg," a city that crystalizes injustices that communities

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